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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5688028" data-attributes="member: 19675">Just using an internet source so all can see (reach for your salt shaker):The site:  <a href="http://www.timelessmyths.com/" target="_blank">Timeless Myths</a>The sources used:<a href="http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/lib-arthur.html" target="_blank">Bibliography: Arthurian Literature</a>While it isn't precisely what happens to a D&D Paladin, Lancelot is absolutely barred from progress/success in the Grail Quest after his sin of adultery with Guinevere.  He is a servant of God who is being punished by being prevented from doing his duty.  In other legends, his skill in battle- while still great as or greater than any other knight in Camelot- is still noticeably lessened after committing that sin.  He still wins challenges, but he is diminished...and everyone notices (but doesn't know why).In the story, Lancelot is essentially barred from doing anything until he fully repents.  Directly implemented in game terms, that would be akin to retiring the PC for a while (maybe permanently) and play another PC, because everyone else is going on an adventure right now.  Instead, they modeled it so that you lose your paladin benefits but still get to be a fighter until you Atone.  You still get to play your PC- albeit diminished- while seeking redemption.In the legend of Jeanne D'Arc, at one point after her capture, she threw herself out of a tower to fall 70'...but did not die.  Suicide being a mortal sin, the mere attempt would probably be a violation of her vow with God.  Arguably, this would be a reason why there was no divine intervention on her behalf to rescue her from burning at the stake.  (Her surviving the fall could also be a sign that there was intervention enough to give her time to repent her sin.)</blockquote>

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